academic frontiers | preview of the 21st lecture

lecture title

"intercellular communication and tumors"

lecture time

april 16, 2024 (tuesday)

16:00—17:30

lecture location

conference room 402, building 5, jinfeng laboratory

keynote speaker

professor kang tiebang

introduction to the keynote speakers

professor kang tiebang, deputy director and pi of sun yat-sen university cancer center/national key laboratory of malignant tumor control in south china, professor, doctoral supervisor, "changjiang scholar" distinguished professor of the ministry of education, winner of the national science fund for outstanding youth, chinese society of cell biology president of the tumor cell biology branch. in 2003, he obtained a phd in biochemistry from bielefeld university in germany. from 1998 to 2008, he engaged in cell biology and oncology research in the united states and germany. in may 2008, he returned to china full-time (sun yat-sen university's "hundred talents plan" introduced talents). it has obtained many projects including key projects of the national natural science foundation of china, “973” project projects, and national key research and development plans. he has long been engaged in research on the regulation and intervention of tumor cells and their extracellular vesicles. he has published 50 papers as the corresponding author in mainstream international magazines such as nat cell biol, nat cancer, cell res, sci adv, j clin invest, adv sci, and nat commun. multiple articles.

lecture summary

tumors are heterogeneous, and there are treatment guidelines for any classification. this may be due to the fact that tumor cells tend to become homogeneous through mutual communication. next, we will explain why fusion genes can be used as therapeutic targets or delivered between drug-resistant tumor cells that are targeted by drugs.